This spring there has been a large number of specimen bream reported, with it believed that the cool temperatures had big fish willing to feed just for a bit longer before spawning. Whilst the weather has finally improved, catches show no signs of slowing, after Neale Woodward banked this fish… Read more

We didn’t think things could get much better on the big-bream front this spring, but when Lee Snow reported this 20lb 2oz slab, we were proven wrong in spectacular style. It came from a midlands gravel pit and caps a scintillating start to the Leicester angler’s campaign, having landed fish… Read more

It’s impossible to truly comprehend the scale of a truly big bream until you see one on the bank, as Ian Hannaby found after being left ‘gobsmacked’ by this 17lb 7oz fish. He was targeting the species on a water where there are only a few known monsters and had… Read more

There has been a pile of big bream reported over recent weeks, and species expert Lee McManus certainly didn’t want to miss out on the action, landing this 18lb 10oz personal best. He had the fish from a 90-acre midlands pit on an artificial corn and caster hookbait, fished on… Read more

One of the keys to specimen fishing can be travelling to find your target fish, but occasionally they’re much closer to home. That’s what James Hague found on a recent trip, when he managed this 16lb 14oz PB bream from his local North London reservoir. He’d been targeting a water… Read more

After landing a bream of 17lb 1oz, Leicester angler Lee Snow went one better the following week, landing a fish of 17lb 2oz from a different water. He’d headed to a Cambridgeshire stillwater where, when he planned his season, he originally aimed to target tench. But with the weather still… Read more